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Discover Stem Coding (ages 4-10) This course emphasizes young children to explore coding using block-programming with a fun blend of hands-on activities. Students work with simple projects understanding fundamental computer coding concepts which are the foundation for more advanced courses. This fun course focuses on incorporating colors, numbers, alphabets, shapes, puzzles and more! Projects are updated each session, so returning students will have new challenges to work through and advance their knowledge. This course sets a strong foundation for students who are new to coding and is highly recommended.

TUESDAY

Game Coding 201 (ages 7-12) Introduction This course offers an exciting world of computer programming for children of all skill levels. Students bring their imagination to life with the ability to create interactive stories, games, animations, music, art, and presentations. Students learn important mathematical and computational concepts that improve their creative thinking, logical reasoning, problem-solving and collaborative skills. Students build confidence as they learn to problem solve and code engaging projects!

​​Game Coding 202 (ages 9-12)AdvancedThis course offers a much deeper understanding of computer science concepts including data structures. Students learn new terminologies and problem solve complex projects while learning to code independently. Students are challenged with debugging assignments to encourage critical thinking and logical reasoning extensively. Students gain the expertise to learn more on their own and create some amazing projects.

Requirements: Hardware: LAPTOP only, NO TABLETS; headphones to record and listen to music for their programs; ​Software: Updated version of Chrome with Adobe Flash Player version 10.2 or later installed​​Prerequisite: Discover Coding (preferred)Grades: 2-6 (min./max. 6/12) ​​

WEDNESDAY

​Basic Programming BP 302 (ages 10-16) Advanced This 30-hour course is recommended for students who have completed Introduction to Basic Programming BP 301 course. During this course, we focus on understanding JavaScript with more emphasis on JS Graphics, Control Structures, Functions, and Parameters. We apply the skills learned to write complete JS programs for various coding challenges. Students will be briefly introduced to HTML and CSS.

MONDAY

Basic Python Programming BPP 502 (ages 10-16) Advanced This 30-hour course is recommended for students who have completed Introduction to Basic Programming BPP 501 course. We begin with basic console interaction and quickly dive into control structures, functions, exceptions, data structures, and string manipulation. Students engage in building interactive projects on the web browser from creating databases to building games or generating random passwords.

SUNDAY

Intermediate Programming 401 (ages 11-18) Introduction This 15-hour course introduces students to the world of Web Design. Working with projects will help build their programming skills. Students will become familiar with HyperText Markup Language (HTML), a language for describing and structuring web pages and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), another language, used to format and style HTML documents. This course is a gradual transition for students who have completed Basic Programming. ​Intermediate Programming 402 (ages 11-18) Advanced This 30-hour two semester course is recommended for students who have completed Introduction to Intermediate Programming course. Students will delve deeper into HTML, CSS, and JS as they create their own unique responsive websites from the ground up using professional front-end web development framework. They also gain the skills of learning to think like a developer as they design and plan. By the end of the course, students will have a personal website to publish on the Internet and build a code repository to continue to work at home.​

SATURDAY

Advanced Programming AP 601 (ages 14 -18)IntroductionJava is a very popular object-oriented programming language, particularly for client-server web applications. This 15-hour course introduces students to write code using Java for simple animations. Students will learn to read the requirements, design, code, run, test, and debug their program. Students will become familiar with syntax (operators), variables, if and if/else statements, loops, functions, control structures, top-down design, decomposition, debugging, testing, commenting and indenting code.

SATURDAY

Time1:00-3:00 pm(MMB)Jan 26 Feb 2, 16Mar 2, 16 Apr 13 ​

Minecraft Mod Basics (ages 6-10) This class occuring every two weeks calls for Minecraft players of all levels to imagine, create and test mods. Learn how to manipulate every aspect of the Minecraft World, make new items and solve challenges while immersing yourself in the game you love. Students will not need their own Mojang Minecraft account. ​

SATURDAY

Time3:00-4:15 pm (AD)Jan 26 Feb 2, 16Mar 2, 16 Apr 13

App Design (ages 10-16) This class occuring every two weeks introduces students to design and develop Apps. Students focus on user interface components, understand basic programming elements such as variables, conditional operations, and loops. Basics of event handling, mobile sensing and monitoring systems including accelerometer, camera, and GPS will be addressed along with the internet and location-based services. Learn to program and debug interactive applications.

SATURDAY

Time1:45-3:00 pm (RP)Jan 26 Feb 2, 16Mar 2, 16 Apr 13

Raspberry Pi Programming (ages 12-18)​This class occuring every two weeks is the perfect introduction to one of the most popular and versatile languages, Python. Students learn the basics and apply what they have learnt into their very own Raspberry Pi using the Sense Hat extension. This gives them capabilities to detect and program joysticks, screens, gyro sensors, and much more! It is certainly a great course to give a student full coverage over both the hardware and software aspects of computer programming.

Make-up class is offered only to students who are registered for the 15-week course. To request a make-up class, please send an email to firststartcs@yahoo.com to schedule date/time and complete the registration form online (select Make-up class - Fee $25 per hour).